Hat-pin.



PATBNTED APR. 24, 1906.

E. RATING.

HAT PIN.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28,1905.

UNITED sragnzs PATENT OFFICE.

HAT-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 24, 1906.

Application filed September 28, 1905. Serial No. 280,409.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ENGELBERT RATING, a citizen of the German Empire, residing at Gelsenkirchen, Germany, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a ladys hat-pin which readily adapts itself to the contour of the head and securely holds the hat in position.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the hat-pin in use. Fig. 2 is a plan of the hat-pin, showing it retracted; Fig. 3, a similar view showing it advanced, and Fig. 4 a side view or the hat- The hat-pin consists of a continuous length of curved wire or other resilient material bent to form a rear loop (1, having two diverging inner shanks a. At their forward ends the shanks a are bent first outward and then backward to form two outer arms a which are corrugated, as shown. The rear ends of arms a pass through the loop a and are intertwisted back of the loop, as at (L These intertwisted ends carry a handle I). The shanks a pass through the central looped or perforated section it of a keeper it, having thread-holes h, so that it may be attached to a ladys hat A. If the handle I) is drawn back, Fig. 2, the diverging shanks a will be drawn together by loop h of keeper k. If the handle is pushed forward, the shanks will gradually spread, owing to their resiliency, Fig. 3, so that the corrugated arms a obtain a secure hold upon the hair of the wearer.

What I claim is A hat-pin composed of a wire having a rear loop, diverging inner shanks, corrugated outer arms passing through the rear loop and having intertwisted ends back of the loop, a handle carried by said intertwisted ends, and a keeper engaging the diverging inner shanks, substantially as specified.

Signed by me at Dusseldorf, Germany, this 9th day of September, 1905.

ENGELBERT RATING.

I/Vitnesses:

WVILLIAM EssENwErN, ERNST VOELOKERS. 

